There has been a lot of discussion about cattle and the impact the animals have on the environment the last few years. As the concept of global warming takes hold, livestock are increasingly being singled out for contributing to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants. Because cattle are ruminants, they eat plants […]

It has been awhile since I wrote an article on the Fodder-Flaker-Feeder. But this piece of equipment has been on our wish list ever since. Most ranchers can relate to the “wish list.” Just about the time you think you have the funds set aside, something else comes up that takes priority like a new fence the […]

My rancher husband and I were out checking water and he asked me to open a gate. As usual, he was driving, so being the dutiful ranch wife ninja that I am, I jumped out of the moving pickup — ranchers like that you know, shows you are on the ball — even if the pickup […]

Thanks to Jeff Foxworthy we all know how to tell if we’re a redneck. But for those of you who wake up every morning, wondering how to tell if you’re a rancher — which by the way is completely different from being a redneck — here are a set of guidelines. You know you’re a rancher […]

Sometimes people just don’t get ranchers. I was in the grocery store one day pawing through the potatoes in the produce section and ran into a retired medical doctor that I know. And I mean I literally ran into him. I got my head out of the spuds whirled my shopping cart around and hit him broadside […]

Write a blog, she said. It will be fun, she said. It will give you a creative outlet, she said. Well, my friend, Glenda, was right — it is fun, and I like being creative… . But she failed to mention that these blogs don’t just magically set themselves up ready to go, unless you hire […]

Archives

Affiliate Disclosure

Occasionally posts or advertisements on The Country Side Press will contain affiliate links to products that we personally use or recommend. We receive a small commission from the sales of these products to help support the costs involved with maintaining this site, but the price is the same for you. Thank you for supporting The Country Side Press!

SIGN-UP TO BE NOTIFIED WHEN A NEW ARTICLE IS POSTED AND RECEIVE A COMPLIMENTARY CHAPER OF “TAILS FROM THE COUNTRY SIDE!